Plus we have like 4 million afghans living in Pakistan.
Anyways its pretty obvious why indians have so many consulates there. I mean half of their population lives under poverty, dying of hunger, etc yet they want to spend money on a country which is not their neighbor and has nothing to do with them.
Typical attitude of some younger Pakistani members here who consider Afghanistan their backyard and speak as if they represent the mouthpiece of Afghanistan.
I think Indians have 3 reasons for being in Afghanistan.
1.Afghanistan is one of our older friends i.e times before the cold war era etc.
2.We want a stable Afghanistan as it impacts Kashmir for us(i won't go into detail into this).
3.Economic interests also exists to some extent(even though we are aware we will be replaced by China soon),
Though the 2nd reason being the strongest.The most important fact is Afghans are comfortable with those 3 reasons as none of them compromise on the sovereignty of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is brother like nation to Pakistan considering history,culture and religion.However Pakistan's paranoia with Indian presence gave rise to concepts like Strategic depth,whose results can be seen today when we hear about Pakistan on the news.
this interview explains well how Pakistan's relations with Afghanistan deteriorated.
However,No one denies Pakistan's importance when considering Afghanistan,as Pakistan has the most important role to play right now and as always has,the only question is can you realize the fact that you misued that role, and continue to do so?
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In the last 60 years we have seen many Pakistani generals like Kiyani who
wanted certain things to happen(regarding India),and making attempts for it,we all know the results.
Lets see if Kiyani too can make it to the hall of fame along with Musharraf and Niazi.